United States Second Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's claim for participation in a class action settlement is reversed where the district court erred in interpreting the provisions of the settlement agreement governing eligibility for participation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/12/2005
• Published 09/14/2005

Judges

• B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge., Before:  SOTOMAYOR, B.D. PARKER, HALL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce Jackson, Jackson & Tyler, Atlanta, GA (Joseph Lawrence Clasen, Robinson & Cole, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Claimant-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James G. Flynn (Robert I. Harwood, Daniella Quitt, on the brief), Wechsler Harwood LLP, New York, N.Y. (Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, New York, N.Y. on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.